The Man
Walt Disney was originally born is this US city.
What is Chicago?
Walt voiced this character for almost 20 years.
Who is Mickey mouse?
Walt Disney had an obsession over this mode of transportation.
What are trains?
Disney opened this park in July, 1955.
What is Disneyland?
This was said to be Walt Disney's favorite character.
Who is Goofy?
Disney dropped out of school to join the Army at this age.
What is 16?
This was the name of Mickey's first full animation.
What is Steamboat Willie?
Walt was constantly smoking and, as a result, his employees could always hear him coming making this sound.
What is coughing?
Walt hired his own group of designers and animators, now known as these people, to work on the plans of the park because he was afraid the shareholders would lose their cool.
Who are imagineers?
Disney was the head of pageantry for this 1960 worldly event held in California.
What is the 1960 Winter Olympics?
Disney had big dreams of opening this kind of place, telling a colleague that he wanted it to look "like nothing else in the world."
What is a theme park?
This is Walt's first full length animation motion picture.
What is Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs?
Walt Disney never liked being called this. Instead, he always insisted on being addressed as "Walt". So much so, that all of the park employees, no matter what their rank, are referred to on a first name basis.
What is "Mr. Disney"?
The opening ceremonies of both of the major parks was broadcasted live on this television network. Disney owns them now.
What is ABC?
Walt Disney was a pioneer when it came to childrens' television shows, this being the first of many.
What is The Mickey Mouse Club?
Walt Disney, ironically, once played this role in a school play.
What is Peter Pan?
This was the last movie Walt oversaw before his death in 1966.
What was The Jungle Book?
Contrary to what some say, Walt never had this done to his body after his death. He is cremated and rests at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.
What is cryogenically frozen?
One of the last park plans Walt was overseeing before he died was a large futuristic part of Disney World called this.
What is "Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow" (EPCOT)?
This theme song became internationally popular in 1955, selling over 10 million copies and forcing Walt to form his own record company.
What is "The Ballad of Davy Crockett"?
Disney films are famous for their absentee mothers, from Pinocchio to The Jungle Book. Many believe this trend was the result of Disneys' mother's death from this.
What is carbon monoxide poisoning?
This was Walt Disney's first licensed character. It's not Mickey.
Who was Oswald the Lucky Rabbit?
A mystery to us all, this actor's name was Walt Disney's final words on his deathbed in 1967.
What is Kurt Russel?
Disney provided exhibits for the 1964 New York World's Fair. For one sponsor, who planned a tribute to UNICEF, Disney developed this now famous boat ride.
What is "It's a Small World"?
This was originally Mickey's name, but Disney's wife said the name sounded too pompous, convincing Disney to change the adorable mouse's name to Mickey. The name was later given to one of Mickey's rivals.
What is Mortimer Mouse?